We recently had our wedding ceremony & reception at the Pequonnock Yacht Club, and I wanted to write a review so that other brides looking for small wedding venues in the area would be able to find this place, since I had a hard time finding it!
The Yacht Club is upstairs from Sage American Grill in the City Point neighborhood of New Haven, meaning that it is overlooking the water. It is the perfect size for a small wedding (we had ~35 guests, and it probably would have been comfortable up to about 50 guests depending on setup), with a small dance floor (+ stereo system you can hook up your iPod/laptop to!), outdoor deck w/beautiful views, and catering by Sage (which is great!). Bob, the guy who runs the club, is so nice and patiently answered all of my questions leading up to the day, and did not mind us visiting a few times prior to the wedding to figure out setup, test out the stereo, etc. The rental fee is affordable especially if you use Sage's catering (which you should because it's awesome!). They were very flexible and accomodating to all of our requests. We originally were going to hold our ceremony at another location, but at the last minute decided to hold it at the yacht club on their dance floor and it was just beautiful.
One thing to be aware of is that because this is a private club that members pay to have access to, they are unable to fully close off their bar & deck area to their club members. The rest of the room is yours when you rent it, but you will likely have a few yacht club members at the bar or hanging out on the deck during your wedding. We did not really mind this, although there were definitely more people there than we expected, but just something to know ahead of time! There were probably only about 15 or so people there at any given time... not a big deal. I was so happy I didn't care!
Overall we were really happy with our experience here!